Improvement in securing tools to their handles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ANTHONY VITTALY AND CARL KOLB, OF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY. IMPROVEMENT INSECURING TOOLS TO THEIRV HANDLES.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 11,099, dated June 13,1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANTHONY VITTALY and CARL KOLB, of Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Mode of Securing Shoe- Makers Tools to Stocks or Handles,whereby one stock or handle only is required for several tools; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part ot this specication, in which- Figure l is an externalview of a stock or handle with a tool attached to it. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of same, the plano of section being through thecenter. Fig. 3 is a top View of the tool, which is shown attached to thestock or handle in Figs. l and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures.

The nature of our invention consists in securing the tools to the stockby means of a screw-rod, metal shoulder, or block and dowelpin, arrangedas will be hereinafter shown To enable those skilled in the art to fullyunderstand and construct our invention, We will proceed to describe it.

A represents the stock or handle of ordinary shape, and B, Fig. 21 is arod, which is driven into the handle and secured permanently in it inany proper manner. On the outer end of the rod B a screw-thread a iscut, as shown in Fig. 2.

C isa met-al block 0r shoulder of rectangular form, and having acircular aperture b longitudinally through it, in which aperture the rodB fits, the inner end of the block or shoulder resting upon the ferrulec and the end of the stock or handle A.

On the outer end ot' the block or shoulder C there is a dOWel-pinD,Which is permanently secured in the block or shoulder a short distancefrom the aperture b. (See Fig. 2.)

E represents a tool, the under surface of which corresponds in size tothat of the outer end of the block or shoulder C. In the under part ofthe tool there are two recesses CZ e. The recess d has a screw-threadcut in its sides, and receives the end of the rod B. The recess ereceives the outer end of the dowelpin D.'

To secure the tool to the stock or handle, the block or shoulder C. isplaced on the rod B and the tool E is placed over the end of the blockor shoulder, the recess d being over the end of the screw-rod and therecess e over the end ot' the doWel-pinD. The stock or` handle A is thenturned from left to right, and the screw-thread on the end of the rod Bdraws the tool firmly to the block or shoulder and the block or shoulderfirmly against the ferrule c and end of the stock or handle. Y

The doWel-pin keeps the tool properly adjusted to the block or shoulder.A variety ot shoe-makers tools may be secured to the same stock orhandle--for instance, single and double collishes, shank and heel irons,te. The tools, of course, are formed of steel, the block or shoulder maybe formed of iron or any suitable metal.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Securing the tool E to the stock or handle A by means of the screw-rodB, -block or collar C, and dowel-pin D, constructed and arranged as setforth.

ANTHONY vITTALY. CARL KoLB.

Witnesses:

OLIVER R. SMITH, WM. N. CARR.

